Traffic up at Akron-Canton Airport

Almost 130,000 travelers used Akron-Canton Airport in October, a 13 percent increase compared to the same month last year, when nearly 115,000 travelers passed through.

Staff reports

Almost 130,000 travelers used Akron-Canton Airport in October, a 13 percent increase compared to the same month last year, when nearly 115,000 travelers passed through.
Traffic is likely to keep on increasing, as weekend flights to Fort Lauderdale will resume in February.
Every airline carrier at Akron-Canton Airport saw an increase in passenger traffic in October, including AirTran Airways and Frontier Airlines, with an 8 percent and 20 percent increase in passengers respectively.
AirTran Airways moved more than 58,000 passengers in October. The low-cost carrier also added nonstop service to Las Vegas (its seventh nonstop destination) in August.
Frontier Airlines was voted the Best Low Cost Carrier in the U.S. by the readers of Business Travelers Magazine for 2007.
Delta Connection, United Express, Northwest Airline and US Airways Express all recorded double digit gains.
The airport also announced Tuesday that beginning Feb. 16, AirTran will resume Saturday nonstop service to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., until April 6.
AirTran also flies nonstop from Akron-Canton to Orlando, Tampa and Ft. Myers.
The Saturday flight schedule will be: Flight 423 will depart from Akron-Canton at 11:25 a.m. and arrive in Fort Lauderdale at 2 p.m. Flight 422 will depart from Fort Lauderdale at 8:15 a.m. and arrive home at 10:52 a.m.
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